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Fox's acquisition of Roku will dramatically expand Fox's programmatic streaming ad business. Roku's programmatic business is about twice the size of Fox's, and Roku's first-quarter 2026 programmatic ad spend grew over 40% year over year. The deal gives Fox critical first-party data and a stronger programmatic foundation.
WPP Media partnered with Givsly to use synthetic audiences built from charity donation data for programmatic ad targeting. Early tests across four beauty and fashion campaigns showed a 2% lift in video completion rates. The system uses Claude LLM and zip-code-level data from census, elections, and nonprofits.
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